FACTS 



ABOUT 



Paper- Shell Pecans 




The Oak Ridge Pecan 

Company 




Road leading out of Monticello to our Orchards. 



FACTS ABOUT 

Paper Shell 

PECANS 



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YOUR OPPORTUNITY 

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The Oak Ridge Pecan Company 

34 Clark Street 
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 






COPYRIGHT 1910 

BY 
L. C. SCHELT 



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INDEX 

Foreword - - - Page 7 

The Pecan - - - - n 

The Paper-shell Pecan - - - ' 14 

Location of our Orchards - - 19 

Soils - - - - - " 22 

Climate - - - 2 5 

Pecans as an Investment - - 20 

Nut Importations - 20 

Nuts as Food - - - - " 30 

Price and Contract - 32 

Grace in Payments 3+ 

Title - - 3+ 

Horticulturist - - 35 

Increasing Value of a Pecan Orchard 36 

Estimated Earnings from a Five Acre 

Orchard - 3<3 

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Better than Life Insurance - - 39 

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Easy to Ship - - - 4 1 

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Conclusion - 4 1 



FOREWORD. 

It is the object of this little booklet to present 
to the public in condensed form, the vital facts 
about Paper Shell Pecans and our proposition of 
Pecan Orchards. 

We lay before you a proposition which we do 
not believe can be equaled. It is not a "Get 
Rich Quick" proposition. It is a good, solid", 
substantial, legitimate business proposition. 

The ordinary investor looks first to the 
security offered him, and next concerns him- 
self as to the amount of interest or profit the 
proposed venture offers. Just at this point many 
turn away from the Pecan proposition because 
the interest does not begin to come in for a few 
years. However, time more than compensates 
for the initial delay, by abundantly rewarding 
the investor with increasing and large returns, 
when the necessary faith in the business has 
been demonstrated, by planting and caring for 
the orchard, through the period demanded. 

Careless growers have lost money in thinking 
that there was nothing to do, but to plant an 
orchard, and their fortune would be assured. 
Not so, as it requires money, and hard labor, to 
produce a good orchard. Locality, climate, soil, 



the right kind of trees, fertilizer, etc., and man- 
agement by a man who knows the Pecan Busi- 
ness, are essential. 

Our Orchard Proposition appeals to all classes 
of people. To the capitalists, because of its 
absolute certainty of large returns. To people 
of modest means, because it enables them to put 
their savings into an investment that grows in 
value each year, and in a few years will be a 
valuable, productive estate. To young men and 
young women, because it enables them to invest 
a portion of their earnings in an absolutely safe 
way, which in a few years will yield them an 
annual income equal, if not greater, than that 
for which they toil fifty-two weeks of the year. 
To the parents, because they realize that they 
can leave no better heritage to their children 
than a Pecan Orchard, which will continue to 
yield their children and their children's children 
a life annuity. To professional men, because 
they see in it the means of retiring from the 
strenuous duties of their profession before their 
health is entirely broken. 

People of today realize that land is the source 
of wealth and absolutely safe as an investment. 
Many have a longing to "get back to nature" 
and have a country home, but the majority do 
not feel equal to the hard physical labor of 
farming, nor have they the horticultural knowl- 
edge necessary to the care of a farm. 



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A Pecan Orchard exactly meets all these re- 
quirements. It can be paid for gradually out of 
your regular earnings, and in a few years will 
begin to yield a handsome income. 

Information on Pecans can be secured from 
the numerous bulletins and reports on Nut Cul- 
ture that have been issued by the United States 
Department of Agriculture ; from the reports of 
the Agricultural Experiment Stations of the 
Agricultural Departments of the Southern States ; 
the National and State Horticulture Societies and 
the Nut Growers' Associations, and the various 
standard books on Nut Culture. Some of these 
we quote on the following pages. 

The pictures herein are all from photographs 
taken within a few miles of our Orchards. 

A visit to the South where actual results can 
be seen, will demonstrate what the Pecan Indus- 
try is doing. 

The Oak Ridge Pecan Company. 




THE PECAN. 

Pecan (Hicoria Pecan) belongs to the hickory 
family. The tree is one of the largest of the 
forest, growing from 75 to 170 feet high, with 
wide-spreading branches and a symmetrical, 
dome-like top. The tree lives to be centuries 
old. A great many trees which have been de- 
stroyed, show by their rings of annual growth 
that they thrived from 500 to 700 years. It is 
not affected by cold and there is no tree so free 
from insects and disease as the Pecan tree. 

Seedling trees do not come into bearing until 
they are twelve or fifteen years old, while the 
budded or grafted trees frequently yield at the 
ages of from three to five years. 

One of the advantages of planting budded or 
grafted trees, and one which is not frequently 
recognized, is the fact that, as a rule, they are 
regular bearers, having no off years, as is the 
case with seedlings. This trait of regular bear- 
ing is one of the considerations which prompts 
the propagation of the now popular varieties. 



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1. Schley 2. Stuart 3. Van Deman 

[natural sizes.] 

The three on the right are Seedlings, showing the difference 

in size between paper shell and seedling Pecans. 







4. Delmas 



Frotcher 



5. Pabst 
[natural sizes. 1 
The three on the right are Seedlings, showing the difference 
in size between paper shell and seedling Pecans. 



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THE PAPER SHELL PECAN. 

The Pecan Industry has been carried on for 
centuries, but the commercial growing of Paper 
Shell Pecans is hardly twenty-five years old. 

The late Colonel W. R. Stuart (for whom the 
"Stuart" Pecan was named), of Ocean Springs, 
Miss., began experimenting along these lines. 
The early years of his work brought little but 
disappointment. He traveled all over the South 
in an attempt to find the best Paper Shell Pecans, 
and these he carefully planted, and set out in an 
orchard of about forty acres, with the hope that 
they would reproduce themselves. When the 
trees came into bearing his hopes were shattered, 
for the nuts were only ordinary seedlings. Thus 
he found that other means of propagating were 
necessary, and he then took scions and buds 
from the original Paper Shell Pecan trees, and 
root-grafted and budded these into seedling 
trees. These experiments were successful and 
the year before his death the Colonel had the 
satisfaction of gathering the first crop from these 
trees. The first step had been made toward the 
successful propagation of the Paper Shell Pecans. 

The work was soon taken up by a great many 
others who had been closely watching his experi- 
ments. Pecan nurseries were started. The United 
States Department of Agriculture took an inter- 



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16 year old "Sweetmeat" Pecan Tree. 
9 year old "delmas ' pecan tree. 

14 year old "Seedling": bore 300 lbs. one year. 



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THE PAPER SHELL PECAN. 

The Pecan Industry has been carried on for 
centuries, but the commercial growing of Paper 
Shell Pecans is hardly twenty-five years old. 

The late Colonel W. K. Stuart (for whom the 
"Stuart" Pecan was named), of Ocean Springs, 
Miss., began experimenting along these lines. 
The early years of his work brought little but 
disappointment. He traveled all over the South 
in an attempt to find the best Paper Shell Pecans, 
and these he carefully planted, and set out in an 
orchard of about forty acres, with the hope that 
they would reproduce themselves. When the 
trees came into bearing his hopes were shattered, 
for the nuts were only ordinary seedlings. Thus 
he found that other means of propagating were 
necessary, and he then took scions and buds 
from the original Paper Shell Pecan trees, and 
root-grafted and budded these into seedling 
trees. These experiments were successful and 
the year before his death the Colonel had the 
satisfaction of gathering the first crop from these 
trees. The first step had been made toward the 
successful propagation of the Paper Shell Pecans. 

The work was soon taken up by a great many 
others who had been closely watching his experi- 
ments. Pecan nurseries were started. The United 
States Department of Agriculture took an inter- 



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16 year old "Sweetmeat" Pecan Tree. 
9 year old "delmas ' pecan tree. 

14 year old "Seedling": bore 300 lbs. one year. 



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est in it, as did also the Agricultural Depart- 
ments of many Southern States. Orchardmen 
took an interest in the Paper Shell Pecan. New 
and better varieties sprang up, and today, with 
proper cultivation and fertilization, the Paper 
Shell Pecan has almost reached Perfection. 

The growing of Pecans for profit is today an 
established and well-understood industry. The 
Pecan has been transformed from a wild tree of 
the forest to an Aristocrat of Horticulture. 

Mr. Burba nk says that the improved Pecan 
is the most valuable of all nuts; that the walnut, 
chestnut or any other nut can never compete 
with the Pecan. 

The Paper Shell Pecan is the KING OF ALL 
NUTS. As a table dessert nut it has no equal. 
It ranks first among nuts in food value. Confec- 
tioners consider it Best of All Nuts, as it retains 
its fine flavor after it is out of the shell. By 
pressing two of them together in the palm of 
your hand they crack easily, and the kernels 
come out whole, and, unlike the seedlings, are 
free from the bitter partitions, and are more 
delicious. There are from 40 to 60 nuts to the 
pound, while the seedlings run from 150 to 300 
nuts to the pound. 

"Few r investments," says Dr. Stubbs, Direct or 
of the Louisiana University and Agricultural 

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Five year old Stuart Pecan Tree, showing catkins. This 
tree has borne two crops of nuts 



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Colleges, "promise larger profits than an orchard 
of well-selected Pecan trees properly cared for 
to the time of bearing. We are familiar with 
Pecan nuts, but few consumers thus far have 
been able to secure nuts grown from grafted 
trees, as 95 per cent, of the Pecans on the open 
market are from seedling trees." 

(From U. S. Dept. of Agriculture— Year Book 1904. page 405.) 

"Of our native nut-bearing trees, none prom- 
ise to become of such pomological importance as 
the Pecan ; and no other nut tree, either foreign 
or introduced, can be considered as fairly in 
competition with it." 




Jefferson Street — Looking South. Monticello, Fla. 



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LOCATION OF OUR ORCHARDS. 

Our Orchards, which for many years have 
been used for raising cotton and corn, are located 
only six miles from Monticello, the county seat 
of Jefferson County, Florida, and only two miles 
from Pinhook, which is on the main line of the 
Seaboard Air Line. 




New Court House, Monticello, Fla. 

The altitude of Monticello is 207 feet. It is 25 
miles south of Thomasville, Ga., and 31 miles east 
of Tallahassee, the capital of the State of Flor- 
ida. Besides the Seaboard Air Line, a branch 

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of the Atlantic Coast Line runs into Monticello. 
Another railroad is now under construction 
through this part of the county. 

Monticello is a pretty Southern town with a 
population of about 2,000. Its residents are 
people of refinement, and the social conditions 
are very good. Everywhere good roads are 
found, the cost of building roads and maintain- 
ing them being nominal. 

Monticello is considered the Pecan Center of 
the World. 

There are thousands of Pecan trees in bearing, 




Residence of Senator D. A. Finlayson, Monticello, Fla. 



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and many large orchards are found near Monti- 
cello, which is ample proof of what the Pecan 
can do there. The trees there bear abundantly 
and early. Three-year-old trees have borne 12 
pounds, and older trees bear as well in propor- 
tion. 

(From U. S. Dept. of Agriculture— Soil Survey IPOS.) 

"In Monticello and vicinity there are about 




First M. E. Church, Monticello, Fla. 

3,000 Pecan trees, mostly seedlings. Recently 

numerous orchards of grafted stock have been 

set out, and the acreage is rapidly increasing." 

In a great many parts of the South, where 

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good soil can be found for the growing of 
Pecans, we found that they were in sections sub- 
ject to occasional disastrous wind storms, from 
which the crop was liable to be destroyed, and 
this we took into consideration in selecting our 
lands. Our Orchards are located where destruc- 
tive winds are unknown. Destruction by wind 
is the only means whereby a Pecan crop can be a 

failure. 

SOILS. 

Pecans will grow on a number of soils. On 
heavy, rich, or on wet soils, the trees seem 




Waukeenah Street — Looking South. Monticello, Fla. 



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inclined to develop wood at the expense of the 
fruit. On the poor, sandy soils the trees do not 
bear so early, nor are they as productive. 

Our soil is a Fine Sandy Loam, with a Sandy 

Clay Subsoil. The land is gently rolling, just 
enough for good drainage. In fact, after a great 
deal of study we found it to be ideal for Pecan 
growing. 

(From U. S. Dept. of Agriculture— Rulletiu No. 124.) 

"Florida is believed to be well adapted to the 
growth of Pecans, especially in the western and 
northern parts." 

(From U. S. Dept. of Agriculture— Soil Survey.) 

"The soils and existing conditions, as found in 
Jefferson County, are particularly adapted to the 
Pecan nut." 

The following affidavit is fair proof of what 
the soil w T ill do : 
State of Florida, \ 
Jefferson County. ) ss ' 

Eefore the undersigned Authority, on this day, April 
4, 1910, personally appeared John R. West, to me well 
known and who by me being duly sworn, says: — That 
during the year A. D. 1908 he gathered off of one Pecan 
tree, aged about 25 years, growing on his premises in 
the town of Monticello, Florida, nine hundred (900) 
pounds of pecans, and that he sold said pecans for lie 
per pound, F. O. B. Monticello, Florida; and that off of 
another tree growing on his said premises, he gathered 
the same year, three hundred (300) pounds of pecans 
and sold the same at 18c per pound, F. O. B. Monticello, 
Florida, said last tree being twelve years old. 

(Signed) J. R. West. 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th day of 
April, 1910, at Monticello, in said County and State. 

(Signed) S. D. Clark, 
County Judge, Jefferson County, Flo. 

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25 year old Pecan tree, which has borne 900 pounds of 

NUTS IN ONE YEAR. IN THE YARD OF J. R. WEST. 
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CLIMATE. 

The climate, too, is ideal for Pecan growing. 
It has been found that Pecans come into bearing 
quite early in Jefferson County. 

Our Orchards are located only 30 miles north 
of the Gulf of Mexico, which gives us the advan- 
tage of the cool sea breezes. This, together with 
the high altitude of 207 feet, makes it a very 
healthy climate to live in. 

(From U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.) 



'Normal Monthly and An- 
nual Temperature and 
Precipitation. 

Tallahassee. 





Tem- 


Precip- 




per- 


itation. 




ature 






F. 


Inches 


January .... 


SI. 5 


3.51 


February . . 


54.6 


5.73 


March 


59.? 


5.59 


April 


66.0 


1.99 


May 


74 5 


3.^8 


June 


78.8 


6.36 


July 


80.4 


8.23 


August .... 


79.1 


7.44 


September . . 


76.7 


4.64 


October .... 


67.8 


342 


November . . 


58.9 


2.58 


December . . 


52 8 


4.10 


Year 


66.8 


57.07 



The climate of Jeffer- 
son County is generally 
mild and balmy. Many 



Northern tourists spend 
the winter months within 
its borders. During the 
coldest months of Decem- 
ber, January and February 
the temperature occasion- 
ally falls to 20 F. and 
frosts are net uncommon. 
In July and August, the 
hottest months, the tem- 
perature rarely exceeds 99 
F. in the shade, and 80 F. 
is the average. The nights 
are usually cool and otten 
attended by a dalightful 
breeze from the Gulf. Be- 
tween 59 and 69 inches of 
rain falls annually, which 
is generally quite evenly 
distributed throughout the 
year. Short droughts may, 
however, occur during tne 
growing season. The heav- 
iest precipitation occurs in 
July and August, the nor- 
mal for these months in 
Monticello being 7.88 and 
7.10 inches, respectively." 



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PECANS AS AN INVESTMENT. 

The element of security in an investment is of 
vital importance to anyone who cannot afford 
to take the risks which attend speculation. Many 
people have the idea that anything which offers 




Residence of Mr. A. Simon, Monticello, Fla. 

more profit than 4 or 5 per cent, is risky and 
should not be considered. This may do for gen- 
eral principle, and serve to place savings where 
others can use them. Still, it is not true, for 
there are many industries which pay larger divi- 
dends. Properly managed, Pecan Orchards will 

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A Cluster of Nuts. 



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not only pay larger dividends, but the security, 
as well as the dividends, increases with added 
years. Nature keeps up the repairs, as well as 
adds to the value of the property. 

"Commercially the Pecan and the English 
Walnut are of the greatest importance. The 
demand for these is widespread, increasing and 
permanent. The finest varieties of the Pecan 
have hardly reached the market as yet. Each 
year large quantities of foreign nuts are brought 
into this country, and a correspondingly large 
amount of money goes out. The possibilities of 
this industry are vast. This is now being recog- 
nized by the many, and investments by careful 
men in nut orchards have been very largely in- 
creased during the last year." — (Read by H. C. 
White, President of National Nut Growers' Asso- 
ciation, at Convention of 1908.) 

(From Government Bureau of Statistics, Washington, D. C.) 

"NUT IMPORTATIONS. 

1900 $2,973,813 

1901 3.756,187 

1902 4,211,676 

1903 5,038,726 

1904 5,473.306 

1905 6,154,515 

1906 7,228,607 

1907 9,315,891 

1908 9,563,742" 

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As time passes it becomes more evident that 
the overproduction of nuts is a great way off in 
the future. With all the plantings and stimu- 
lated call for native nuts, prices are steadily 




A Pecan Orchard near Monticello. Picture taken in 

• THE FALL. 

increasing, while the importations are growing 
rapidly. 

Mr. J. B. Wight, at the National Nut Growers' 
Convention, said: " People want Pecans. They 
are willing to part with their silver and 

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gold to get them. Substantial purses have 
been filled with the sales from one tree, 
and this not simply in a few isolated 
cases. Here and there all over the Southern 
country are individual trees that have enriched 
their owners $50, $75 and $100 a year. If one 
tree behaves so, then why not a dozen? And if 
a dozen, why not a thousand? Who will gain- 
say the soundness of this logic? And so men 
desiring to claim the glittering shekels as their 
own have set out trees by the tens, and the hun- 
dreds, and the thousands." 

NUTS AS FOODS. 
''In nut-growing we are supplying a need for 
food that is universal ; and the food that we 
furnish is in a form so palatable and attractive 
that it cannot be surpassed even by the best 
efforts of our most accomplished cooks. The 
present generation is calling for more nuts. It is 
learning that in order to be physically strong wc 
must "get back to nature"; and. in getting back 
to nature, the demand for nuts grows faster 
than the supply. Were nut-growing a fad, it 
might fail, as all fads have their day. But, based 
as it is, on human needs, there should be no 
apprehension that the demand for nuts will drag 
so long as there are appetites to satisfy or mouths 
to be filled."— (Read by J. B. Wight, President 
of National Nut Growers' Association, at Con- 
vention, 1909.) 

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Map showing location of our Orchards. 



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COMPOSITION OF PECANS COMPARED 
WITH OTHER FOODS. 

sugar crude fuel 

water protien fat starch fibre ash value 

etc. per lb 

per ct. per ct. per ct. perct. perct. perct. calories 

Pecans 4 12.1 70.7 8.5 3.7 1.6 3,300 

Beef steak ... 65.5 19.8 13.6 1.1 950 

Eggs 65.0 12.4 10.7 7 680 

White bread.. 35.3 9.2 1.3 55.2 .5 1.1 1,215 

Potatoes 78.3 2.2 .1 18.0 .4 1.0 385 

You will observe from this comparison that 
Pecans furnish even more fuel value per pound 
than either beef or eggs. A pound of Pecans 
will go farther than three pounds of beef. 

PRICE AND CONTRACT. 

We sell our Orchards at from $225 to $250 per 
acre, according to location; those on the main 
driveway being higher than the others. 

Terms for a five-acre Orchard are $100.00 dowm 
and the balance in 60 equal monthly payments 
covering the five-year developing period. Pay- 
ments may be extended over the five-year period 
if desired. 

The above price includes taxes, interest and 
any other expenses for the period of five years. 

After the five-year period, should the purchaser 
so desire, we will continue to take care of the 
Orchard, cultivate, harvest, market the crops, 
and will look after his interests in every detail, 
for either a cash consideration or a percentage 
of the crops. 

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Tree on left grafted on one year old stock. 

Tree on right grafted on two year old stock. 

Both show one year growth from graft. All trees used 

in our Orchard will be like those on the right. 



In case of the death of purchaser, we agree to 
carry out our part of the contract in every de- 
tail, waiving further payments until after the 



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end of the five-year period, if so desired by the 
heirs. The proceeds from the crops will be ap- 
plied on the deferred payments until paid. 

We agree to furnish trees of the best varieties, 
and shall plant twenty trees to the acre. We 
will carefully prepare the land for the trees, and 
will carefully plant, cultivate, fertilize, prune, 
spray, and replant trees that die, so that at the 
end of the five years ,we will turn over a perfect 
stand of growing trees. The Orchard will get 
scientific care for the five years. We will do all 
this for the above price and on the easy terms 
mentioned above. 

GRACE IN PAYMENT OF MONTHLY IN- 
STALLMENTS. 

We will allow 30 .days' grace in payment of 
monthly installments during the first six months; 
60 days' grace during the next twelve months, 
and 90 days' grace thereafter. 



TITLE. 






The title of our land is unquestionable. A 
good and sufficient Warranty Deed will be given 
to the purchaser when the payments have been 
completed. Deed and title can be taken up by 
the purchaser any time after half of the pay- 
ments have been made. 

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THE OAK RIDGE PE CAN COMPANY 

HORTICULTURIST. 

In order to make a success of a Pecan Orchard 
a man must know his business. The trees must 
be properly cared for. So many have set out 
Pecan trees in a careless manner and left them 




Residence of J. A. Granger, showing Pecan tree which 

BORE 600 POUNDS IN ONE YEAR. 

to the indifferent attention of hired help, to be 
run over and broken down by stock, and to be 
smothered by weeds and grass. 

To be able to realize large returns, and to get 
the trees to bear early, the Orchard must be 
properly cultivated. Good, healthy trees must 

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be planted in the right manner. And they must 
be judiciously pruned, and shaped up while 
young. They should be sprayed properly. The 
kind of fertilizer and the amount to use are also 
important. 

The work of developing our Orchards is being 
carried on under the direct and personal super- 
vision of our Mr. John A. Granger. Mr. Granger 
is widely known as an authority and expert on 
Pecan Culture, having had many years of prac- 
tical experience. He is, also, one of the propri- 
etors and General Manager of the Jefferson 
Nursery Company, of Moniicello, Fla., who are 
Pecan Specialists. 



INCREASING VALUE OF A PECAN 
ORCHARD. 

An Orchard such as we set out is worth 
$100.00 per acre at the end of the first year. It 
increases in value at the rate of $100.00 per acre 
each year. Thus a Pecan Orchard is worth 
$500.00 per acre at the end of the fifth year. 
These are not alone our figures, but the actual 
values at which Orchards have been sold; and 
even at these prices it is hard to find an Orchard 
for sale. 

Mrs. Ramsey, of Lee County, who has an 
Orchard of 80 acres, 10 years old, has refused an 
offer of $1,000.00 per acre. 

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F. L. Simons, of Jefferson County, declined an 
offer of $500.00 per acre for his Pecan Grove. 
The grove is now five years old. 

Mrs. Grunnels, of Terrell, who has a fine grove 
of 11 acres, 13 years old, declined an offer of 
$20,000.00. 

While a Pecan Orchard requires a little 
patience at the beginning, yet it has an ever- 
increasing value, and it produces results alto- 
gether out of proportion to the original invest- 
ment. 

ESTIMATED EARNINGS FROM A FIVE-ACRE 
ORCHARD. 

The following estimate of earnings is made on 
a basis of 85 cents per pound, which is far below 
the price at which the Cultivated Pecans will sell 
for some time. Cultivated Pecans now sell at 
from 50 to 75 cents per pound wholesale, f. o. b. 
Monticello, Fla. They sell in Chicago, retail, at 
from !)() cents to $1.50 per pound. 

PER PER PER PER 
TREE TREE ACRE ORCHARD 

4th year 1 lb. $ .35 $ 7.00 $ 35.00 

5th year 3 lbs. 1.05 21.00 105.00 

6th year 10 lbs. 3.50 70. GO 350.00 

7th year 20 lbs. 7.00 140.00 700.00 

8th year 35 lbs. 12.25 245.00 1,225.00 

9th year 50 lbs. 17.50 350.00 1,750.00 

10th year 70 lbs. 24.50 490.00 2,450.00 

11th year 100 lbs. 35.00 700.00 3,500.00 

12th year 125 lbs. 43.75 875.00 4,375.00 

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PSR PER PER PER 
TREE TREE ACRE ORCHARD 

13th year 150 Tog. 52.50 1,050.00 5,250.00 

14th year 180 1b:;. 63.00 1,260.00 6,300.00 

15th year 220 lbs. 77.C0 1,540.00 7,700.00 

16th year 250 lbs. 87.50 1,750.00 8,750.00 

17th year 275 lbs. 95.25 1,925.00 9.625.00 

18th year 300 lbs. 105.00 2,100.00 10,500.00 

19th year 325 lbs. 113.75 2,275.00 11,375.00 

20th year 350 lbs. 122.50 2,450.00 12,250.00 

BETTER THAN LIFE INSURANCE. 

A well-known horticulturist has said: "Stop 
making it necessary to pay life insurance presi- 
dents .$100,000 a year to take care of your sur- 
plus money. Remember that every tree planted. 
on the land adds to the selling price of that land. 
This selling price rises regularly, at an increas- 
ing ratio, as the years go by. But if I am not 
greatly mistaken you will not be willing to sell 
at any price after your trees come in bearing." 

(From Atlanta Journal.) 

"The premium on a life insurance policy of 
$5,000.00 invested in a Pecan Grove will soon 
earn annually an amount equal to the face value 
of the policy and the annual increase. Parents 
and guardians of children will find in this indus- 
try safety and surety of annual income through- 
out life, which can be reached by no other in- 
vestments. Investigation will furnish proof of 

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THE OAK RIDGE PECAN COMPANY 

all we have said of this valuable industry, the 
value of which is beyond the figures we have 
set in the public prints." 

EASY TO SHIP. 

Do not confuse a Pecan Orchard with an 
orange, peach, apple or any other fruit orchard, 
all of which are subject to frost and must be 
marketed as soon as ripe. With a Pecan you have 
tWelve months of the year in which to sell your 
product, and you have the WORLD for a market. 

You also save the expense of lumber for mak- 
ing crates and barrels (lumber is getting higher 
each year), while Pecans can be skipped in 
sacks. Pecans can be shipped in ordinary freight 
cars,- while fruits require the extra expense of 
ice and refrigerator cars. Nor do you need to 
depend on the commission man to sell your 
Pecans. 

The commercial life of an apple orchard is 
about twenty years, and the peach only seven or 
eight, while the Pecan will live and bear profit- 
ably for hundreds of years. 

CONCLUSION. 

We have tried to make clear the fact that the 
hardest part of Pecan growing is up to the time 
of bearing. In the nursery they have to be strati- 
fied and then planted, and af+erward grafted 

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THE OAK RIDGE PECAN COMPANY 

or budded. And then the single little bud on 
the seion must be carefully watched and reared. 
They must be staked and tied, so as to make 
good, straight trees. After they are dug from 
the nursery they go sometimes into competent 
hands and sometimes not. They rightfully should 
be left in the hands of the nurseryman to be 
planted into the Orchard, and there cared for 
by him until the time of bearing, which is the 
fourth or fifth year. 

After they are bearing the work is easy. There 
is no hard labor or no great rush of work dur- 
ing the entire year. The harvest season is never 
hurried by weather or market conditions, nor 
hampered by labor troubles. When ripe the nuts 
fall to the ground, to be gathered and marketed 
at one's leisure. 

There is always a ready market for them, and 
they can be sold f. o. b. the railroad station. 

We have figured out for you the profits which 
can be derived from an Orchard at the different 
ages of the trees, and these figures we have 
made as conservative as possible. The expense 
of gathering and marketing the crop is as small 
or smaller than any crop grown. 

It is to the progressive, clear-headed business 
man that we can most easily sell an Orchard. 
No doubt because they can grasp the merits of 

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THE OAK RIDGE PECAN COMPANY 

the Pecan Industry the quickest. And those who 
buy get so deeply interested with the results that 
they want to increase their acreage. 

If you are interested, and wish any further 
information about Pecans, or if you want to set- 
the Government reports, call at our office and we 
will be pleased to give you any information we 
possibly can. 

Trips to our Orchards are made several times 
during the year, and anyone wishing to go can 
make arrangements at our Chicago office. 

So often we come across people who say : "I 
could have been wealthy now if I had grasped 
my opportunity when I saw it, instead of putting 
it off until some future time." Such remarks 
you hear now, and will hear for years to come, 
about the Pecan Industry. 

GRASP YOUR OPPORTUNITY. 

The Oak Ridge Pecan Company, 

34 Clark Street, 

Chicago, 111. 



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